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P3 financing for Port Mann bridge uncertain
A plan to privately finance the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge and widen Highway 1 through a public-private partnership (P3) appears to be on shaky ground. The Australian financial partner in the scheme -- the...
B.C. P3 lender posts largest 2008 loss on key European index
Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's bankrolling three major infrastructure projects in British Columbia, saw its stock value plummet by more than 81 per cent in 2008. It was the largest loss by a company listed... European bank funding BC P3s may be broken up by new owners
Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's involved in several public-private partnership schemes in British Columbia, may be broken up by the governments who bailed it out. The bank is providing financing for the Royal Jubilee Hospital expansion in Victoria, a new Surrey... British Columbia P3 Lender Has Exposure in Madoff Scandal
Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's backing a number of the B.C. Liberal government's public-private partnership (P3) schemes to build bridges and hospitals, has admitted that it could face serious losses as a result of the Madoff fraud case. " Franco-Belgian lender... 
B.C. bridge banker short on cash for U.K highway project
A British newspaper is reporting that Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank involved in financing B.C.'s Golden Ears Bridge project through a so-called public-private partnership (P3) deal, has failed to come up with the... Strike to hit Scotland's railways
Union officials have failed to reach a deal, and strikes are set to go ahead on Scotland's rail network. 450 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Union will walk out today on the first of two 24-hour strikes. The next strike will start at noon on Thursday. "Commuters...
Wife 'died a hero' in Afghanistan
" Wife 'died a hero' in Afghanistan Cpl Bryant, Cpl Sean Robert Reeve and Paul Stout were among...
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New rules of war put women on front line in Iraq and Afghanistan
" Britain’s increasing use of women on the front line of war was called into question yesterday after Afghanistan claimed its first female casualty. The intelligence officer, named last night as Sarah...
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